The phrase "a sheep in a" is not complete and therefore not fully correct in written English.
It is typically used in the context of the idiom "a wolf in sheep's clothing," which refers to someone who disguises their true intentions or nature.
Example: "He may seem friendly, but he's really a sheep in a wolf's clothing."
Alternatives: "a wolf in sheep's clothing" or "a sheep among wolves."
"Unconsciously I'd draw a picture of a sheep in a basement.
Later on they meet a vicar, also given to speeches, who suggests a theological interpretation of Adrien's whisperers, and meanwhile Hiroko kills a sheep in a way that "resembled some ritual of old.
Nobody could foresee that someone could make art out of a cow's head and flies, a sheep in a tank of formaldehyde, or a row of girls in brand-new Nikes with penises coming out of their heads.
Imagine, as Rist makes easy in the show's main room, being a sheep in a lush meadow entirely surrounded, as far as you can see, by what you like to eat.
Displays include a sheep in a tank of formaldehyde, by Hirst, a set of gigantic tables and chairs, by Therrien, which evoke Alice in Wonderland, a charcoal rendering of riot police in Ferguson, by Robert Longo, as well as sculptures, paintings and video installations.
There is a lot of perfectly ventriloquised dissident teenage humour, and a deliciously throwaway surreal moment when Nora happens upon a man sacrificing a sheep in a forest: "Both the man and the sheep gazed at Nora with startled, unhappy expressions, as if she'd caught them in an act they would have preferred to remain private".
He would go on to to play Doctor Ross, who has an affair with a sheep, in Woody Allen's cult classic Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex.
He was a sheep in wolf's clothing — an image that Allen overhauled, adding angst and intellect to Hope's anachronistic glibness.
Rouhani has been dubbed both a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and a "sheep in wolf's clothing" and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel called Iran's previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, "a wolf in wolf's clothing".
